France promises to evacuate Algerian diplomats in a recent retaliation

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On Sunday, France promised to expel an indefinite number of Algerian diplomats on Wednesday, in response to the Algiers conclusion that 15 French employees should return.

Algeria expelled 12 French employees Mid -April, which led to the evacuation of 12 embassy diplomats and staff and called his messenger back to his ambassador.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Nol Barrat BFM TV told TV that many Algerian employees, diplomatic passport holders, but those who do not have the right visas to work in France will be sent back to his country.

When asked about the number of employees planning to expel France, Barrot said: “This is not a matter of numbers. This is a quality issue (…). Algeria wanted to send our agents. We are sending them.”

On Tuesday, the French embassy in Algeria summoned the French embassy business and announced that employees had to leave the country – two days after the French embassy in Algeria, the French embassy was announced in Algiers, with 15 civil servants working on temporary trips.

The Foreign Ministry has not yet issued a formal statement on its decision, but the report of the Algerian Press Agency (ABS) said that French officials who had been evacuated had been appointed under “irregular conditions”.

The French Foreign Ministry responded in a statement accusing Algeria of violating the bilateral agreement between the two countries and establishing a new conditions for accessing the Algerian territory for French civil servants who hold official, diplomatic or service passports.

In an interview with PFM TV, Barrot said that Algeria’s decision was “incomprehensible and cruel” and that France’s reaction was “instant, firm and proportional”.

Barrot said he did not exclude the opportunity to accept “other activities” depending on the evolution of the situation.

Deadly relatives after the window of confidence

The diplomatic difference between France and Algeria was intensified this year and was triggered by many issues, including the refusal of reading the citizens who were forced to abandon France due to the threat of the crime or public order, as well as the disagreement writer Franco-Argline Poum Sanchell.

However, the controversy began last year, and in July, France announced that it would support Morocco’s long -term claim in the controversial territory of West Sarah.

The move was furious by the Algerian government, which supported the local Sarawe people’s self -determination, and led to his ambassador to the Algiers Paris.

Although French President Emmanuel Macron and his Algerian representative Abdelmadjit Debown announced that they shared a confident telephone conversation on the status of bilateral relations in early April, their attempt to eliminate tensions seems short.